7 Having Your Family Around.
Home is where the heart is—but that doesn’t mean that every person who loves you needs to be constantly filtering through it. Besides the general disturbance, not everyone shares the most pleasant familial relations, and seeing your own Brady Bunch tableau while they’re trying to reheat pizza may just leave your roommates with a bitter taste in their mouths. And when you’re ready to move out of a shared space and start your own family, check out The 100 Best Places to Raise a Family.
8 Leaving Lights On.
It only takes one person to leave the lights on, but electric bills are generally split equally between the members of a household. Before your roommates start treating you with contempt for racking up huge bills (that they have to shoulder an unfair portion of), double check to ensure you’ve flipped the lights off before you leave the room.